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Hogan Lovells Follows on Ecuador Sovereign Restructuring with Argentine Sub-Sovereign Restructuring
24 November 2020
Senior CounselHouston
Email joseluis.vittor@hoganlovells.com
Phone +1 713 632 1431
Fax +1 713 632 1401
LanguagesEnglish, German, Portuguese, Spanish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Experienced in cross-border matters, José Luis Vittor counsels and represents some of the world's largest banks, corporations, corporate boards, and top management. He handles commercial and corporate transactions, project development and finance, cross-border banking, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and direct foreign investments in and out of Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the United States.
José Luis co-leads one of the Hogan Lovells Oil & Gas practice groups and is an officer and council member of the Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section of the International Bar Association. He is a former president and member of the board of the Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y Gas, Houston, an independent business relations trade organization comprising multinational energy companies. José Luis chairs the Water Law Committee of the International Bar Association and the Water Group at Hogan Lovells.
* José Luis is a foreign legal consultant with the state of Texas.
Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Legal 500 US
Finance: Project Finance
Legal 500 US
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts
Legal 500 US
Education
LL.M., University of Houston Law Center, 2003
Postgraduate Degree in International & U.S. Domestic Law, University of Texas at Dallas: The Center of American and International Law, 1993
J.D., University of Buenos Aires, 1989
Memberships
Founder member, Society of British and Argentine Lawyers
Member, Buenos Aires Bar Association
Officer, International Bar Association
Bar admissions and qualifications
Licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant, Texas
Argentina
Represented an oil and gas company in the negotiation of a US$3bn LPG supply arrangement with a Houston-based company.
Representing Australis Power in negotiations with the developer of an LNG terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas, and in the development of LNG facilities.
Represented Refinería del Pacífico Eloy Alfaro CEM in the development and financing of a US$10bn oil refining complex in Ecuador.
Represented an oil and gas company in the potential development of a pipeline between Colombia and Venezuela.
Represented Colombian fertilizer company, Abocol SA, in the sale of its controlling interest to Yara International.
Represented Acon Investments on the acquisition of Vetra Energía S.L., one of the largest privately held independent oil producers in Colombia.
Represented Ecopetrol SA in the Barranca Bermeja Refinery Project.
Represented a Panamanian energy company in the negotiation of an LPG supply arrangement with Trafigura AG in Houston, Texas.
Represented Apache Corporation in a possible investment in Angola and a production sharing agreement with Sonangol and in a joint operating agreement.
Represented a leading European energy trader in its successful international auction bid for supplying thermal mineral coal to Mexico's CFE.
Represented Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. as a potential insurer of bonds to be issued for East End Crossing Bridge Project.
Represented an international airport operator in the Abertis' divestiture process of assets of assets in Europe and the Americas.
Represented a Chilean investment company in the corporate and tax analysis for an investment in a public-private partnership in a brownfield highway.
Represented an international oil and gas services company in connection with its operations in Nigeria.
Represented a national oil and gas company in the sale process of Petrominerales Ltd.
Represented Millicom Cellular International S.A. in the acquisition of Cablevisión Paraguay, a subsidiary of Grupo Clarín.
Represented Apache Corporation in exploration bidding rounds in Brazil and Mexico.
Represented Petrobal in the association with Fieldwood for the CNH bidding round in Mexico.
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